MAJELIS PENDIDIKAN DASAR DAN MENENGAH

MADRASAH ALIYAH MUHAMMADIYAH

KOTA GORONTALO
Alamat: Jalan Prof.DR Aloe Saboe Telp. (0435) 823682 Kota Gorontalo
TRY OUT TAHUN PELAJARAN 2012-2013
Bidang Studi
: BAHASA INGGRIS
Kelas/Program
: XII (Dua Belas)/ IPA-IPS
This text is for question 1 to 2
ATTENTION!!
A unique entertainment awaits you!
A special show 3.30 p.m.
for an hour.
Crocodiles cleaned up, pacified and persuaded
to dance to music.
A python grappling with a man, coiling round,
trying to crush him, but defeated and help us
high!
Come all, come and see it now.
You can gather at the poolside.
You can visit Ghost later.
DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!!

1.

2.

The announcement is about .

a. unique entertainment
b. A grappling python

c. A music dance
d. A poolside

The show ended at .

a. 3.00 a.m.
b. 3.30. p.m.

c. 4.00 a.m.

e. Crocodiles

d. 4.00 p.m.

This text is for question 3 to 4

Apt. BLK 30 Eunos, St. #05 - 116
Singapore 1441
2nd April 2011
Dear Liza,
I have received you letter asking me to meet you at your house this Sunday to
discuss the urgent matter you have. I regret however you say that it will be not
possible for me to see you on Sunday as I already have a previous appointment. I
shall see you on Monday, next week, at 5 p.m. hoping the change of date will be
convenient to you.
Sincerely yours,
3. What does the letter tell about?
Daisy
a. Lizas problem
d. Daisys regret for not being able to come
b. Lizas appointment
e. A meeting held at Lizas house
c. Daisys previous letter to Liza
4. Why did Liza ask Daisy to come to her house?
a. Liza wanted Daisy to solve her problem
b. Daisy would discuss her problem with Liza
c. Liza persuaded Daisy to go somewhere
d. Daisy wanted to meet Lizas family
e. Liza wanted to chat with Daisy
This text is for questions 5 to 8

e. 4.30 p.m.

Death penalty still becomes a controversial issue in the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union
believes that the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel unusual
punishment and the guarantees of due process of law and equal protection under the law. Those are
against the capital punishment also state that it is an intolerable denial of civil liberties and
inconsistent with the fundamental values of our democratic system.
However, there is a difference between murder and execution. The distinction is that the first is
unlawful and undeserved; the second is a lawful and deserved punishment for unlawful act. By
committing the crime, the criminal volunteered to assume the risk of receiving a legal punishment
that he could have avoided by not committing the crime. The punishment he suffers is the
punishment he voluntary risked suffering and therefore it is more unjust to him than any other event
for which one knowingly volunteers to assume the risk.
Our resolve to crime is only as strong as the laws we pass to punish criminals. By making the
death penalty the law of the land in the New York, we have demonstrated that resolve, that
strengthening the promise that our children and future generations will grow up in a state that is
free of violence.
5. What is the best title of the text?
a. Democratic system
c. civil liberty
e. human right
b. death penalty
d. public opinion
6. The writer believes that
a. there are disadvantages of conducting death penalty
b. most people against death penalty
c. death penalty is against human right
d. death penalty should be carried out in a certain condition
e. death penalty should be conducted
7. By committing the crime, the criminal volunteered to assume the risk of receiving a legal
punishment
( paragraph 2)
The word committing has the same meaning as
a. doing
c. supporting
e. making
b. opposing
d. showing
8. How does the writer argue that death penalty is in line with civil liberties?
a. by showing the difference between murder and execution
b. by contradicting liberties and values of democracy
c. by showing the effects resulting from murder
d. by explaining values of democracy
e. by exposing the danger of crimes
This text is for questions 9 to 12
Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he could not swim. He had an idea. He
saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, "How many
crocodiles are there in the river?" The boss of crocodile answered, "We are twenty here." "Where are
they?" the rabbit asked for the second time. "What is it for?" the boss of crocodile asked."
All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I will know
how kind you are," said the rabbit. Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his friends and asked
them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then, the rabbit started
to count while jumping from one crocodile to another: one ... two ...three ... four ... until twenty, and
finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.
9. The story mainly tells us about...
a. Twenty crocodiles
b. the boss of the crocodile
c. a rabbit and twenty crocodiles
d. a rabbit and the boss of crocodile
e. the boss of the crocodile and ail his friends
10. We know from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually wanted ...
a. to cross the river
b. to swim across the river
c. to meet the boss of crocodile
d. to know where the crocodiles are
e. to know the number of crocodiles there
11. All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind ..."(Paragraph 2) The underlined word is synonymous
with...
a. wild
b. Diligent
c. Cheerful
d. easygoing
e. honourable
12. What do you think the genre of this text?
a. Discussion
b. Descriptive
c. Narrative
d. Report
e. Recount

This text is for questions 13 to 14

For Students grade XII- who need the polytechnic
admission from:
2 choices Rp. 125.000, 00
3 Choices RP. 160.000, 00
From 6 16 July 2011
Time 08.00 14.00
Contac Person: Joane phone (022) 2011975

13.

what is the purpose of the text?

a. to inform students about polytechnic admission form
b. to tell the students about payment to enter the polytechnic
c. to explain the students about an entrance test
d. to give description of polytechnic selection
e. to invite students to come polytechnic
14. The deadline to order the form is .
a. On July 6, 2011
c. in July, at 08.00
e. Between 6 16 July 2011
b. On July 16, 2011
d. In July, at 14.00
This text is for questions 15 to 20
Having breakfast is necessary for us.
Firstly, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A healthy breakfast provides us with
nutrious energy to start the day and helps us to control the urge to snack on unhealthy food full of
sugar and calories. It also helps children to maintain a healthy body weight. The American Dietetic
Association (ADA) has found that children who eat a healthy breakfast maintain a healthy weight
better than children who skip breakfast. They are less likely to overeat later in the day and feel full
longer,
Secondly, breakfast helps us feel good. Maybe you often get morning stomaches if you miss
breakfast. These aches are hunger pangs.
Thirdly, breakfast fuels the body with nutrients that you may not be able to make up with other
meals. By having breakfast, we can acquire sufficient nutrition and energy to support a days works
and studies.
Finally, breakfast get us ready to learn. The Surgeon General has found that kids not only learn
better after eating breakfast, but they are more better after eating breakfast, but they are more
productive and get more done in the morning too.
In conclusion, breakfast is good for us.
15.

What is the text about?

a. breakfast can make our body always healthy
b. breakfast can help us to control the urge to snack on unhealthy food
c. by having breakfast, we can follow the lesson well
d. by having breakfast, we can keep a healthy body weight
e. by having breakfast, we can learn important thing

16. How can breakfast help us keep a healthy body weight?

a. by preventing us to eat snack
b. breakfast helping control the urge to snack on unhealthy food
c. by helping us feel well
d. by controlling nutrients
e. by fuelling the body with nutrients
17.
What is the main idea of paragraph three?
a. breakfast helps us feel good
b. breakfast can prevent us to eat snacks
c. breakfast fuels the body with sufficient nutrients
d. breakfast helps us to keep our healthy body weight
e. breakfast is the most important meal of the day and provides nutritious energy
18. Which of the following statements is Not include the effects of having good breakfast?
a. we can learn better
c. we can get more nutrition
e. we can be more productive
b. we can learn important thing
d. we can keep a healthy
weight
19. Having breakfast is very important for .
a. kids
b. people
c. students
d. students
e. Children

20. By having breakfast, we can acquire sufficient energy nutririon and energy to support a days
works and studies (Paragraph 4)
The word Acquire means ..
a. Suffer
b. gain
c. help
d. keep
e. Find
This Text is for questions number 21 to 24
Gunung Tujuh Lake is one of the many lakes in Kabupaten Kerinci in Jambi province. It is an
amazing tourist place to visit. The location of Gunung Tujuh Lake is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is
about 50 km from Sungai Penuh to Pelompek village by public transport. Then people climb and walk
for another 4 km or for 2.5 hours. The lake is surrounded by steep forest slopes and seven
mountains. The highest peak of Gunung Tujuh Lake is 1,950 m above sea level. The length of the
lake is 4,5 km and the width is 3 km. It is a volcanic lake and the highest in Southeast Asia. The
temperature around the lake is very cold. Besides waterfalls you can also find animals such as
siamang. elephants and birds. Gunung Tujuh Lake is really beautiful with spectacular scenery.
21. What does the text mainly talk about?
a. Amazing tourist resorts in Jambi,
c. Volcanic lakes in Jambi,
e. Waterfalls in
Jambi.
b. Gunung Tujuh Lake in Jambi.
d. Steep forest slopes in Jambi
22.
The main idea of the text is that ...
a. Gunung Tujuh Lake is a beautiful tourist resort
b. the location of Gunung Tujuh Lake is difficult to reach
c. Gunung Tujuh Lake is the only lake in Sumatra
d. tourists from Southeast Asia visit this beautiful lake
e. the animals are more attractive than the lake itself
23. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
a. The lake is 3 km long,
b. Gunung Tujuh Lake is not a volcanic lake.
c. Gunung Tujuh Lake is 4.5 km away from Sungai Penuh.
d. There are steep forest slopes and seven mountains around the lake,
e. Siamangs are the only animals that can be found in Gunung Tujuh Lake.
24. "Gunung Tujuh Lake is really beautiful with a spectacular scenery."
The underlined word means ...
a. amusing
b. remarkable
c. lovely
d. pretty
e. touching
This text is for question 25 to 28
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of intellectual deterioration in middle-aged
and elderly North Americans, affecting more than two and one-quarter million men and women over
the age of 65. The usual symptoms of AD memory are loss and a progressive of mental faculties.
Presently, there is no cure for Alzheimers disease.
Once a person is affected by Alzheimers, it becomes more difficult for the brain to perform its
main functions. These changes in the brain are so intense and crippling that a person diagnosed with
Alzheimers disease usually dies within 10 years.
For a long time, the symptoms of Alzheimers disease (memory loss, slurred speech, and
confusion) were thought to the natural side effects of getting old. AD went unrecognized because
victims often seemed physically healthy; it was just their memory and general mental performance
that were affected.
25.

What is the text about?

c. Elderly North American
e. Symptom of Alzheimer disease
d. The cause of Alzheimer disease
26.
How can Alzheimers disease affect humans brain?
a. it cannot work well
c. it only causes lost of memory e. it has no effect
b. it cannot perform at all
d. it become useless
27. AD went unrecognized because victims often seemed physically healthy (Paragraph 3)
The closest meaning of the underlined word is .
a. uninteresting
c. unnoticeable
e. unfamiliar
b. dangerous
d. worrying
28. it becomes more difficult for the brain to perform its main functions (paragraph 2)
The word its in the sentence refers to ....
a. brain
c. cause
e. disease
b. memory
d. symptom
a. Alzheimer Disease
b. The danger of disease

This text is for question 29 to 30

Wanted !
Sales Executive
Requirements:
At Least 3 year experience
Willing to travel to other town
Well-spoken in Mandarin and English

Interested candidates are requested to send their application letter and full resume to:
C.V Majestic Pharmaceutical
Ahmad Yani Street Pematang Siantar, 54100
E-mail: majestic@dimz.com

29. The advertisement above its about ....

a. Job vacancy
c. A sales executive
e. C.V Majestic Pharmaceutical
b. Product sales
d. Interested candidates
30. Which of the following statements required by the applicants?
a. Know how to translate
b. Teach others the two languages
c. Know only these two languages
d. Understand what people are saying
e. Well-spoken in Mandarin and English
This text is for question 31 to 34
The Journalist
After graduating in tourism from the University of Texas, Pat Crown was unemployed for
almost a year. During that period, she visited many countries around the world and took notes of
special attractions, traditions, cultures, and environments of those countries.
When an advertisement was published by a leading local newspaper looking for a journalist,
she applied for the post and was employed by the company. With her travelling experience, she was
assigned to the Tour and Travel Department.
Needless to say, her new job required that she travel extensively from one country to another.
Her degree in Tourism and her recent trips to various countries helped her get along.
Well with the job. She has written many remark able articles and short stories about tour and
travel ever since she started working there.
Within two years, Pat was promoted from journalist to deputy editor. At this new post, she no
longer traveled as much as another journalist too over her position. Pat focused more on planning as
well as consolidating activities and writing at the request of the heads of state.
Under her leadership, the Tour and Travel Department has expanded tremendously, from a
one-room office to half a floor, and from three staff to thirty.
31. What did Pat conduct after graduation ?
a. She joined her fathers firm.
b. She continued her studies for a masters degree.
c. She took a job as a sales supervisor in a large company.
d. She traveled to many countries to gain special experience.
e. She took a job as a part-time teacher in her neighborhood.
32. Pparagraph 2 tells us about ....
a. Path wrote so many articles and short stories.
b. Path traveled extensively around the world.
c. Path experience by visiting many countries.
d. Path promoted as a deputy editor.
e. Path applied for a journalist.
33. Why was Pat promoted to be a deputy editor ?
a. She had a good talent of a writer.
b. She expanded experiences.
c. She traveled extensively.
d. She was fond of tourism.
e. She was as a journalist.
34. ...her new job required that she traveled extensively from one country to another.
The underlined word has the same meaning as ....

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

requested
promoted
wanted
took
Get

This text is for question 35 to 39

How Bread is Made
Almost everyone eats bread daily, especially for breakfast. Bread making is not a complicated
task. You only need flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt, oil, butter, and an oven.
Choosing good flour is the step in making bread. There are two kinds of flour, soft and hard.
Hard flour, made of winter wheat, is a better choice for making bread because it produces bread that
has a better texture and taste.
Then, lukewarm water, yeast, sugar and salt are mixed with the flour to make dough. Yeast is
a microscopic organism that is capable of producing carbon dioxide. It can make the dough rise or
expand. Both sugar and salt give flavor to the bread so that it tastes nice. They, however, have
different effects on yeast. After that, oil (such as olive oil, corn oil, peanut oil) and butterbare added
because they are essential to make the bread tender. After mixing the ingredients, the dough is sent
to the oven.
35. According to the text, how many kinds of flour are there ?
a. Many kinds of flour.
b. One kind of good flour.
c. Two kind of flour, soft and hard.
d. One kind of flour made of wheat.
e. Two kinds of flour, good and bad.
36. The text mainly talk about ....
a. The process of baking a good loaf of bread.
b. Why bread is served as breakfast.
c. How to select the correct wheat.
d. The importance of bread.
e. How to make bread.
37. Why is hard flour a better choice for making bread ?
a. It can produce bread with better texture and taste.
b. It is capable of producing carbon dioxide.
c
It can make the dough rise or expand.
d. It can make the bread tender.
e. It gives flavor to the bread.
38. The purpose of the text is ....
a. to describe the process of baking a good loaf of bread
b. to tell how to select the correct wheat
c. to inform the importance of bread
d. to introduce how to make bread
e. to explain how to make bread
39. It can make the dough rise or expand. (Paragraph 3).The underlined word can be replaced
with ....
a. add
b. enlarge
c. increase
d. decrease
e. develop
This text is for question 40 to 41
Sir,

For the past six weeks the people of my village have had no water.
We knew several months ago that our well was drying up and wrote to
the District Officer about it. He promised to send drilling equipment to dig
another well. We waited for a month but the equipment did not come.
We wrote to the District Officer again. He replied that he had decided
not to dig another well in the village but to put in piped water. We were very
pleased to hear this.
That was three months ago. Our well has now dried up. Now we have
no well and no piped water. We have written again to the District Officer but
we have received no reply.
There are 274 people in my village and we think it is disgraceful of the

District Officer to break his promise to us. If he had told us he could not help
us, we would have arranged to dig a new well ourselves. But he promised to
help; we relied on him and now we have no water. It will take us at least two
months to dig a well ourselves because we cannot afford to hire drilling
equipment.
Yours faithfully,
Disgusted Villager
40. What is the text about?
a. A complaint about water problem.
b. A plan to put in piped water in the village.
c. The district Officers promise to the villagers.
d. The district Officers effort to dig a new well.
e. The villagers attempt to hire a drilling - equipment.
41. How long will it take for the villagers to dig a well without using a drilling-equipment?
a. Six weeks.
b. One month.
c. Two months.
d. Three months.
e. Several months.
This text is for question 42 to 46
The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly.
The kiwi is the same size as chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like
other birds. It has hair on its body. Each foot has four toes. Its beak (mouth) is very long.
A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its
eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwis
eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The government says
that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealand wants their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes
called Kiwis.
42. The text mainly tells us about....
a. Kiwis eggs
b. A very strange bird
c. Why kiwi cannot fly
d. A brief information of Kiwi
e. The process how Kiwi breeds
43. Which of the statements is not true about the passage?
a. Kiwi cannot fly.
b. Kiwis eggs are very big.
c. Kiwi does not have wings.
d. Kiwi sleeps during the night.
e. Kiwi can smell things with its nose.
44. According to the passage, kiwi is a very strange bird because....
a. It cannot fly
b. Its eggs are very big
c. it cannot smell things
d. its mouth is very long
e. it does not have any feathers
45. Kiwi is a very strange bird. (Paragraph 1). The underlined word could most easily be replaced
by....
a. Rare b. Unique
c. Unpopular d. Unfamiliar e. Inexpensive
46. The communicative purpose of this text is ....
a. To entertain the readers about the text
b. To tell the readers about Kiwis life
c. To inform the reader in how to make something
d. To discuss the readers about the habitual of Kiwis
e. To give brief descriptions about Kiwi
This text is for question 47 to 49

People become conscious of such rules when they meet people from different cultures. For example,
in some (38)... being on time can mean turning up several hours late for an appointment, even (39)...
a business meeting. Also, the rules about when to eat vary from one culture to another. Many North
Americans and Europeans are (40) ... to having three mealtimes a day and organize their timetable
around them. In some countries, on the other hand, people often do not have strict rules like these
people eat when they want to, and every family has its own timetable.
47.
a. Arts
b. Health
c. Cultures
d. Religions e. Educations
48.
a. To
b. For
c. With
d. From
e. Into
49.
a. Used b. Made
c. Worn
d. Obtained e. Founded
50.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

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The doctor said he had to take some medicine and drink a lot of water
It was the worst holiday she had ever had
On May 22, Anita went to Singapore for a five-days shopping trip
Anita came back to Jakarta on May 27 without buying anything
She arrived in Singapore at 10 a.m. and the weather was very hot
Due to the hot weather, she felt sick and she had to go to the doctor
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